On Sunday, August 3, Cannondale Pro Cycling will race the first stage of the Tour de Pologne, a UCI World Tour stage race. In addition to the Tour de Pologne's opening event, the race includes another six stages.

This will be an important opportunity for the eight selected Green Machine athletes to take stage wins and earn general classification points. The Tour de Pologne line-up includes: Damiano Caruso, who took third in GC at July's Tour of Austria; the rising star Davide Formolo; and the Tour de Pologne 2012 winner Moreno Moser as main leaders for the overall ranking. Oscar Gatto, a two-stage winner at the Tour of Austria, will seek to follow up his great performance by hunting hilly stages, while Guillaume Boivin will be the key rider for massive sprints. Davide Villella will be another Italian to watch, while Matthias Krizek will be a reliable support in flat stages and José Sarmiento on the mountains.

"We assembled a really well-equipped team, and we're ready to play a leading role every day," said team director Dario Mariuzzo, the team's technical guide who will be on site with directeur sportif Biagio Conte. "We have few and different chances for any type of routes. I'm confident we can take important satisfactions. As happened at Tour of Austria, the team spirit could be the key to achieve our goal."